“Police received complaints after the 30-second clip, which includes an excited commentary from the passenger, was posted on YouTube.
The clip was shot inside a car being driven down Weston Mill Hill, Plymouth. Police said the driver had voluntarily contacted them and may be prosecuted.”

The man, who screams “here we go” several times as he approaches the children at the stop, faces $400 in fines for inconsiderate driving.

In the video, splashed all over the Internet by now, the female passenger filming the puddle action giggles as the man speeds through the puddle. The motorist shouts, “That was brilliant! Awesome!” after soaking the obviously freaked-out kids with a wave of muddy water.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Deliberately splashing people by driving through a big puddle could mean that the motorist was driving without reasonable consideration for other road users."